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DAVID G. HOAG
Pages 156-161

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... Dave earned and enjoyed a reputation as one of the laboratory's most outstanding engineering and management talents. He worked on Navy fire control system designs that followed the MIT Instrumentation Laboratory's involvement in successful designs for World War II fire control development.
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... Dave was designated chief technical director and program manager to lead the effort, essentially the same role he had played for the Polaris program. The G&N system consisted of an inertial measurement unit, optical alignment telescope and space sextant, and digital guidance computer.
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... Dave directed the development of the system through prototype demonstration and verification tests to validate system performance. The Apollo program extended the laboratory's design and support effort further than previous programs, in several areas that required significant technical and managerial support.
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... His highest personal award was probably the respect and reputation he had from fellow design engineers over a very broad range of important programs. They all recognized and appreciated his technical capability for system design and development, coupled with a very effective operating style.
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... , Caitlin Hoag Caswell (Bryan) , Noah Janson Hoag, Chloe Griffith Hoag, Leah Frances Hoag, David Edward Peltier, and Thomas Jeffrey Peltier; and great-grandchildren Evelyn Grace Caswell and Coleman William Caswell.
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